Identifier: birdlore19nati (find matches)
Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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the Junior Classes, furnished by theNational Association, we circulated 5,000 Florida bird-law leaflets, warningcards, and other printed literature intended to bring the protective laws ofthe state to the notice of both adults and children. During the year, 95 new members were added to our list, the greatest num-ber in a like period since the organization of the Society. Following the business session of the annual meeting, Dr. H. R. Mills gavea talk on our passing plumage birds and their nesting habits, illustrating hisremarks with photographic slides and touching vividly on some of the recentslaughter by inhuman hunters of plumes. Our efforts at the recent session of the Legislature for more effective pro-tective laws were not fruitful of the results hoped for. A carefully prepared bill,considerably curtailing the open seasons for hunting feathered game and pro-viding for a state warden system, was presented and urged. Dr. Blackman spent Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 443
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W. SCOTT WAY, SECRETARY OF THE FLORIDA AI HI Hi<\ n()( lETY. several weeks at Tallahassee; Dr. Mills helped personally and by correspond-ence, and several members of the Legislature worked faithfully for the bill. Itfinally was passed in the last days of the session, but for some reason not clearto those interested in the saving of our passing wild life, the Governor vetoedit. Therefore, the enforcement of the bird and game laws remains with theseveral counties, with practically no funds provided for the payment of wardens.Our bird laws as they stand are comparatively good, but the machinery pro-vided for their enforcement is antiquated and inadequate. Though the war may, in a measure, divide the interest of some of our morefaithful workers, we shall continue our efforts along former lines, increasing ouroutput of printed matter, and making a special effort, through our affiliatedorganizations and interested members, for the establishment of bird-sanctuariesthroughout the state, be

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